MISS UNIVERSE 1959: Akiko Kojima (Japan)

pepper wrote:AKIKO KOJIMA-MISS UNIVERSE 1959
"THE FIRST ASIAN MISS UNIVERSE"

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Akiko Kojima (児島 明子, Kojima Akiko?) (October 29, 1936 in Tokyo) is a Japanese model. The first Miss Universe to originate from Asia, Akiko was a 22-year-old model from Tokyo, Japan when she bested four other finalists from Norway, the USA, England, and Brazil for the 1959 Miss Universe crown in Long Beach, California. At 5ft 7in (1.70 m.), Akiko measured 37-23-38 inches (94-58-96 cm.), which many believed as "incredible dimensions" for an Asian.

A Tokyo plastic surgeon, Dr. Toshizo Matsui, claimed that he gave a bust-enlarging plastic injection to Akiko Kojima (37-23-38) before she won the Miss Japan and Miss Universe contests. This was denied by the newspaper Sankei Shimbun, sponsor of the Miss Japan contest: "There was no need for her to get bust surgery of any kind."

scotty2hotty wrote:Pretty and classy! I wonder what she is up to today? Anyone have any idea what happened to this beauty? It would be great for the MUO to ask her back to judge a Miss Universe pageant.